SAT Score Calculator

Use already-reported SAT section scores. This planning tool is not an official College Board score report and does not predict admission.

This tool does not convert questions correct into SAT scores. The digital SAT is multistage adaptive and uses item-response scoring, so the same number correct can produce different scores.

Your scores, dates and targets stay in this browser tab. They are not placed in URLs or sent through Livewire.

Step 1 / 3SAT score planning summary

Enter official SAT section scores

Enter the Reading and Writing and Math scores shown on each official score report. Each section is 200–800 in 10-point increments.

This tracker supports up to 20 rows. College Board does not set a lifetime limit on how many times a student may take the SAT.

Compare official SAT score reports without losing track of which test date produced each section score. This browser-only calculator adds Reading and Writing to Math for every sitting, identifies your best single-sitting total, calculates a section-level superscore and shows the gap to an optional planning target.

How to compare SAT scores

  1. 1

    Enter official section scores

    Copy the Reading and Writing and Math scores from each College Board score report. A test date is optional.

  2. 2

    Add a planning target

    Optionally enter a total target, matching section targets, or both.

  3. 3

    Choose the comparison basis

    Compare the target with your best single sitting or with the calculated superscore.

  4. 4

    Review the source attempts

    See the best total, highest section scores, ties, target gap and the attempt behind every result.

SAT score ranges and arithmetic

College Board reports two section scores: Reading and Writing and Math. Each section ranges from 200 to 800 in 10-point increments, so the total ranges from 400 to 1600.

Result Calculation Possible range
Single-sitting total Reading and Writing + Math from the same test date 400–1600
Best single sitting Highest complete total among the entered test dates 400–1600
Calculated superscore Highest Reading and Writing + highest Math, even when they came from different dates 400–1600

This tool accepts scores that have already been reported. It does not convert a raw count of correct answers into a scaled score. The digital SAT is multistage adaptive and uses item-response scoring, so two students with the same number of correct answers can receive different section scores.

Worked example: best sitting versus superscore

Suppose a student enters these official results:

Attempt Reading and Writing Math Total
March 760 640 1400
May 700 780 1480

The best single-sitting total is 1480 from May. The calculated superscore is 1540 because it combines the 760 Reading and Writing score from March with the 780 Math score from May.

That 1540 is useful for planning only when a college accepts superscores under its current policy. Colleges decide independently whether they superscore, which dates they consider and how applicants must send scores. Verify each institution’s policy before acting on the result.

Choosing a realistic planning target

College Board recommends researching the score ranges published by colleges you are considering. A target can help organize preparation, but it is not an admission cutoff or guarantee. Admissions decisions can depend on many parts of an application, and score-use policies can change.

If you enter both a total target and two section targets, the calculator requires the section targets to add up to the total. This prevents a plan such as 1450 overall from quietly conflicting with section goals of 750 and 750.

Privacy and exports

Scores, dates and targets are calculated in your browser. Funnel progress uses this browser tab’s session storage and does not place score data in the URL or send it through Livewire. The downloadable CSV begins with a UTF-8 byte-order mark for spreadsheet compatibility and escapes cells that could otherwise be interpreted as formulas.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Add the Reading and Writing score to the Math score from the same official test date. Each section is 200–800, so the total is 400–1600.

A superscore combines the highest Reading and Writing score and highest Math score across the test dates you enter. The sections may come from different sittings. Each college decides whether and how it uses superscores.

No. The digital SAT is adaptive and its scaled score depends on the questions and their characteristics, not only on a raw correct-answer count. Enter section scores from an official score report.

No. A target is a preparation and comparison aid, not an admission prediction. Research each college’s published score ranges and current testing policy.

No. Calculation and exports run in your browser. In the multi-step flow, values are kept only in session storage for the current browser tab and are never added to the URL.

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